One of Mick Cronin’s young charges said earlier this week that he didn’t buy into the Shootout “hype” and that the Bearcats would be preparing for this weekend’s tilt as if it were a game against Arkansas Pine Bluff. Tre Scott would know what that is like, because UC has, a per their norm, prepared for their biggest non-conference game by scheduling a tilt against the SWAC power. The Bearcats 8-1 looks a lot better than Xavier’s 6-3, but the differences are more than just skin deep.
For starters, and for all the clowning that will happen in this abbreviated week, St.